The league table in Vanarama National League North tells a story about these teams so far, with Brackley Town leading Blyth Spartans by 31 points. Match preview to follow:
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Vanarama National League North match only four days ago. This match was also played here at St. James' Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Blyth Spartans have had more rest.
Brackley Town form and stats
7-8-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Vanarama National League North numbers at home for Brackley Town, who have the the best goal difference (+31) in Vanarama National League North, so far this season. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Boston United in the Vanarama National League North last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that, Brackley Town played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Darlington.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Brackley Town home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
Brackley Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at St. James' Park with 28 goals in 16 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Brackley Town have only let in 7 goals at home.
Blyth Spartans form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Blyth Spartans so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-11 (win-draw-lose). With the Blyth Spartans losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. It's all red in the travel logs of Blyth Spartans, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
The attacking players of Blyth Spartans have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 189 minutes.
Blyth Spartans are travelling again after losing away to Farsley Celtic in their previous match (0-2). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Altrincham.
You'll want to know how Blyth Spartans managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found six similar matches resulting in two away wins, one draw and three home wins.
The visitors have scored 14 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Blyth Spartans manager L. Clark has some worries about the defense as 36 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Blyth Spartans - Brackley Town 0-6 earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Brackley Town victories, one draw and one Blyth Spartans win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 L. Ndlovu 17 goals | J. Armson 10 goals | T. Audel 6 goals |
Brackley Town missing players
Blyth Spartans missing players
| Brackley Town | Blyth Spartans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 52 | 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 30 |
| 21 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 15 | 36 | 73 |
| 88% | 81% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 66% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 81% | 84% |
| 28% | 25% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 56% | 62% |
| 19% | 12% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 31% | 34% |
| 12% | 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 25% | 25% |
| 38% | 38% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 38% | 44% |
| 44% | 56% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 19% | 12% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 50% | 47% |
| 6 | 7 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.6 | 7.6 | 6.6 |
| 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 395 | 210 | 81 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 100 | 240 |
| 162 | 84 | 39 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 37 | 95 |
| 31% | 33% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 35% | 31% |
- Blyth Spartans has the fewest scored goals in the first half (9)
- Blyth Spartans has the most conceded goals in the first half (33)
- Blyth Spartans have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Blyth Spartans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Blyth Spartans have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Blyth Spartans is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Brackley Town has the fewest conceded goals (21)
- Brackley Town has the fewest conceded goals (7) at home
- Brackley Town has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10)
- Brackley Town has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11)
- Brackley Town has the fewest matches over the total-line (9)
- Brackley Town has the most matches under the total-line (23)
- Brackley Town has the the best goal difference (+31)
- Brackley Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | York City | 33 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 22 | 63 |
| 2 | King's Lynn Town | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 61 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 25 | 61 |
| 3 | Boston United | 31 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 57 |
| 4 | Brackley Town | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 52 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 31 | 54 |
| 5 | Chester | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 54 |
| 6 | Altrincham | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 19 | 54 |
| 7 | Spennymoor Town | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 58 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 52 |
| 8 | Gateshead | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 52 |
| 9 | Farsley Celtic | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 44 | 39 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 45 |
| 10 | Darlington | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -6 | 45 |
| 11 | Guiseley | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 44 |
| 12 | Southport | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 43 |
| 13 | Alfreton Town | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 45 | 48 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 31 | -3 | 40 |
| 14 | AFC Telford United | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -6 | 39 |
| 15 | Kidderminster Harriers | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 42 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -5 | 35 |
| 16 | Leamington | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 35 | -9 | 35 |
| 17 | Hereford | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 37 | 51 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 31 | -14 | 35 |
| 18 | Kettering Town | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -8 | 30 |
| 19 | Curzon Ashton | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -10 | 30 |
| 20 | Gloucester City | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 38 | -19 | 29 |
| 21 | Blyth Spartans | 32 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 73 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 36 | -43 | 23 |
| 22 | Bradford Park Avenue | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 77 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 43 | -55 | 14 |